Spiced Pumpkin Waffles

Jonathan made these with the girls and I liked them even though I’m not usually a fan of pumpkin flavored food. It made a whole lot.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 pinches salt
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 3 1/3 cups milk
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled

1. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in large bowl.
2. In a second bowl, add eggs, sugar, pumpkin, milk and butter; beat well.
3. Gently fold in the flour mixture.
4. Cook according to your waffle iron directions.

Grilled Shrimp

We made this last night and it was so simple and yummy. All the kiddos loved it. We ate the entire pound and had no leftovers. We will be making this again for sure!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/grilled-shrimp-recipe/index.html

Ingredients

• 16 jumbo shrimp, deveined in shell, raw
• Extra-virgin olive oil, about 1/2 cup for brushing
• Coarse salt and black pepper
• 2 lemons, halved

Directions

Preheat griddle or grill pan over high heat.

Butterfly shrimp by slicing almost through lengthwise, but leave shell on shrimp, this will keep the shrimp tender while grilling over such high heat.

Brush shrimps with oil, season with salt and pepper and grill 2 minutes on each side, until shells are hot pink and shrimp is opaque.

Place lemons on grill the last minute. The heat will release the juice from the lemons. To serve, squeeze grilled lemon wedges over shrimp.